(of wine) spoilt by a musty taint arising from a fault in the cork

always open and taste your wine before the meal, if only to check that it is not corked

close or seal (a bottle) with a cork

the bottles were tightly corked and wired

draw with burnt cork

he had corked a moustache on his upper lip

illicitly hollow out (a baseball bat) and fill it with cork to make it lighter

the balls are doctored and the bats are corked

suffer a painful bruising injury to (a limb) as a result of a heavy blow, especially while participating in a contact sport

he corked his thigh and limped off

she was subbed off in the first half because of a corked hip